Vol. 7 • n. 1 • Mar.-June 2000

ANALYSIS Pharmaceutical patents and the accessibility of drugs in Brazil Marília Bernardes Marques abstract Politics and social medicine in Chile: narratives concerning a difficult relationship Maria Eliana Labra abstract Is allastrim small pox? Luiz Antonio Teixeira abstract Serving the fatherland: the mobilization of Brazilian nurses during World War II Roney Cytrynowicz abstract The evaluation of science and peer review: past and present. What will the future be like? Amilcar Davyt and Léa Velho abstract Psychoanalysis, individualistic value shaping, and social ethics Fernando Tenório abstract “As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined”: children and the Liga Brasileira de Higiene Mental’s eugenic programs José Roberto Franco Reis abstract IMAGES A humorous look at health care Presentation by Manoel Caetano Mayrink and Luís Fernando Veríssimo text in portuguese INTERVIEW Biosafety: a historical focus through oral history Ítalo Sherlock text in portuguese The intelligible emotion method Jorge Wagensberg text in portuguese BOOKS & NETWORKS Vacina antivariólica: ciência, técnica e o poder dos homens (1808-1920) by Tania Maria Fernandes • reviewed by André Luiz Vieira de Campos texto em português Negotiating national identity: immigrants, minorities, and the strugle for ethnicity in Brazil by Jeffrey Lesser, • reviewed by Jair Ramos text in portuguese Malária e seu controle by Rita Barradas Barata • reviewed by Lina Rodrigues de Farias text in portuguese As profissões imperiais: medicina, engenharia e advocacia no Rio de Janeiro (1822-1930) by Edmundo Campos Coelho • reviewed by Maria Ligia de Oliveira Barbosa text in portuguese THESES texto em português